No aspect of culture had a greater impact on human history than
did Agriculture. As agriculture developed, social, economic and cultural
practices also led the civilization. For example, human progress
in the adjacent agriculture and then the major urban societies
with the first crop hunting strategies. In other words, the society
moved from agriculture economy to transition economy and then
into a developed economy. Unfortunately, in a modern global context,
it is believed that the economy is more developed when the
proportion of people working in agriculture falls to around 10 percent.
However, a debatable issue about the Human Development
Index (HDI) against the GDP is still prevalent. US Economic crisis
of 2008, clearly shows that GDP is not a solution to welfare. It can
be certified through a certain level of per capita income, with time
spent with the family, socializing with friends in family and time
spent with nature, etc. According to the National Statistics Office,
United Kingdom, farmers are among the most satisfied workers of
the country. A new list of happiness found that those who work in
fields (agriculture, fishing and forestry) were happy with their fate.
This is because a positive relationship between HDI and happiness
and HDI and positive satisfaction with life were established, but not
per capita GDP.